Although unsure of the reason, Ji Chen indeed came back to life now.
Not only that, Ji Chen could clearly feel that his body had undergone significant changes compared to before.
He clenched his fist and murmured, "Seems like my strength has changed drastically..."
As his words fell, a sudden flash of brilliance appeared in his eyes, and he swiftly punched forward into the void.
"Boom!"
A muffled explosion erupted, and the space trembled at this moment, as an invisible punch force seemed to penetrate the air.
This scene immediately caused Ji Chen to be filled with astonishment.
Just now, with that punch, he didn’t use any Spiritual Power, because here in the Immortal Burial Forest, his Cultivation remained sealed.
In other words, that punch relied purely on physical strength!
"Such terrifying power! A punch like this might not even be resisted by a Celestial Essence Realm Level expert?" he murmured, unable to contain his joy.
At this moment, his physical body seemed to have undergone a metamorphosis.
"Could it be because of the red fruits from before?" Ji Chen wondered aloud.
He clearly remembered that after consuming those red fruits, his body corrupted at an astonishing speed, and he eventually lost consciousness.
Originally thinking he would perish, he unexpectedly woke up after an unknown period, with his body strength enhanced to unprecedented levels.
There were similar records in some ancient texts.
In the Immortal Burial Forest, Divine Medicines were abundant, not only able to bring the dead back to life but possessing some special Divine Medicines that could change one’s physique.
It was said that during the Ancient Era, there was a world-shaking event; a Divine Medicine floated out from the Immortal Burial Forest, causing a great uproar where countless people contested for it, leading to a bloody conflict.
Eventually, this Divine Medicine fell into the hands of an unknown young cultivator.
And this unknown young cultivator later became the world-renowned Ming Emperor!
According to historical records, Ming Emperor originally lived an ordinary life, but after unexpectedly obtaining the Divine Medicine, his body underwent a metamorphosis, rapidly rising to suppress all enemies of the era, creating an undefeatable legend on the Emperor’s Road.
It was the Hongmeng Body!
This was the physique of the Ming Emperor.
It was said that the red fruit known as Hongmeng Fruit was the Divine Medicine that floated out from the Immortal Burial Forest back then!
"Though I do not know whether I have become a Hongmeng Body now, the physical body indeed underwent great transformation..."
He murmured to himself, and as his voice fell, he used his Divine Thought to inspect his Spiritual Sea, soon frowning unconsciously.
Because Ji Chen discovered that the ancient injury in his Spiritual Sea still existed and hadn’t disappeared.
However, perhaps due to the metamorphosis of the physical body, the ancient injury within him wasn’t as severe as initially.
Yet the crack still existed, and Ji Chen could feel that as time passed, it might continue to expand.
"I still need to find the Dao Heart Fruit!"
He said so, gazing up towards the Divine Mountain.
Now the mountain was shrouded in thin mist, obstructing his view, and the scenery at the summit couldn’t be seen.
Ji Chen did not hesitate, quickly moving towards the summit.
The Forbidden Power within the Immortal Burial Forest no longer had any other effect on him.
The rate of life force loss within him was no different from being outside.
This was probably due to the body’s elevation which made it immune to the Forbidden Power within the mountain.
As he ascended, Ji Chen saw numerous corpses from many years ago, not decomposed.
These individuals likely entered the Immortal Burial Forest in search of Divine Medicine.
Unfortunately, although they reached the Divine Mountain, they ultimately couldn’t reach the summit, dying halfway up the mountain.
In fact, even before discovering the mountain, Ji Chen had come upon many bones throughout his journey from the Immortal Burial Forest’s edge, all of whom died years ago.
Soon, Ji Chen arrived at the summit.
He noticed a vast open area as if carved flat by a sword, with no vegetation.
His gaze swept around, finding the mountaintop empty, except for a nearby protruding hill.
Ji Chen walked over and found lush green grass growing before the little hill, high enough to submerge a person.
A mysterious aura emanated from the grass, alerting Ji Chen to its peculiarity.
After hesitating briefly, he parted the grass and proceeded forward.
After approximately a dozen steps, Ji Chen stopped, as he noticed an ancient cave entrance, previously obscured by grass.
The mysterious aura he previously sensed originated from within this ancient cave.
Standing before the cave entrance, Ji Chen did not enter hastily.
He discovered a skeleton sitting here and didn’t know how many years since it died.
This skeleton was seated, head slightly lowered, as if it had passed away right here.
He cautiously approached the skeleton, noticing something ahead of it.
"This is..."
Upon looking closely, he saw small lettering at the feet of the skeleton.
Although countless years had passed, these characters remained clear.
Moreover, they were written in blood, and what surprised Ji Chen the most was that this blood hadn’t dried up, as if freshly written!
"Emperor’s Blood!"
Ji Chen exclaimed, utterly stunned.
Apart from the blood of an Ancient Emperor, he couldn’t fathom anyone else’s blood could remain so vividly red after all these years.
Hence, the person who perished here was highly likely a past Ancient Emperor!
Who could it be?
Few Ancient Emperor Level figures existed in Beiyou’s history.
Connected to the Immortal Burial Forest, it seemed only the Night Emperor of years past was relevant.
Could this be the Night Emperor’s remains?
Thinking so, Ji Chen’s gaze fell upon the blood-red characters.
The ancient text, somewhat different from contemporary knowledge, revealed familiar elements upon careful inspection, suggesting similarities to current characters, distinguishing simplified from traditional forms.
"Great... Dao... cannot... be... reversed..."
"Arrogantly... claiming... to be... Emperor..."
"Night!"
The final character was "Night," confirming the identity.
Thus, the person who sat here before the ancient cave was none other than the Night Emperor from the past!